Morgan was formerly a student at Rutgers and was involved with the North Jersey Community Research initiative. She was featured in a 2011 article about being queer in Newark and spoke about her family’s lack of support around her gender identity.

“I had to make a decision,” Morgan told the publication. “Either I be myself or let others control me. So at 14 or 15, I packed up all my stuff and I left.’’

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